Girl

Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.

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Famous quotes containing the word girl:

    “I’ll dance above your green, green grave
    Where you do lie beneath.””
    —Unknown. The Brown Girl (l. 59–60)

    “Frankie mounted to the scaffold as calm as a girl can be,”
    —Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 85)

    “From infancy, almost, the average girl is told that marriage is her ultimate goal; therefore her training and education must be directed toward that end. Like the mute beast fattened for slaughter, she is prepared for that.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)